Bag-lock.



PATENTED 00121, 1907'.

c. HIERING & A. FULLER.

'BAG LOGK. APPLIOATION FILED hum. 1907.

INVENTORS in. v

ms NORRIS PETERS 0a.. WASHINGTON. n, c

OHRISTIAN HIERING AND ALBERT FUIJLER, OF NEWARK, NEW

THE J. E. MERGOTT JERSEY.

JERSEY, ASSIGNORS TO COMPANY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OFNEW BAG-LOCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 1, 1907.

Application filed January 2, 1907. Serial No. 350,486.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we,.OHRIs'rIAN HIERING and Ar.- BERT FULLER, citizensof the United States, residing in the city of Newark, county of Essex,and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in BagLocks, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it pertains to make, construct, and use the same.

The object of our invention is to so combine the bag handle clip with alock structure for hand bags and the like, as to provide a double lockfor the bag frame without necessarily increasing the actual number ofparts, and thereby reducing the cost of manufacture to a minimum. I

A further object of our invention is to so simplify the structure of abag lock as to-render the same positive yet effective in operation,simple in construction and durable in use.

In carrying out our invention, we make use of the various structuresillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 illustratesa bag frame having a combined bag lock and handle clip at eitherend ofthe frame. Fig. 2 is an under plan view of a pair of such bag locks,showing their position with respect to the bag frame (shown in dottedlines). Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view on line 3 of Fig. 1, showingthe clip in position to enter and engage the bag lock, and Figs. 4, 5and 6 illustrate modifications of the means for attaching the handlering to the bag lock.

Similar letters of reference refer to like parts throughout thespecification and drawings.

In bags of the type illustrated, it has been customary to connect thebag handle to the bag by means of a pair of handle caps spaced apart andsecured to the bag frame. It is usual in such cases to provide a singlelocking device for securing the bag members in closed position, suchdevice ordinarily being located in the center of the bag frame, andentirely separate and distinct from the bag handle clips. Such aconstruction has its disadvantages, particularly in affording but asingle fastening means for holding the bag closed, and it frequentlyhappens that, because of the frail construction' of the lock, andlightness of the frame members themselves, the ends of the bag framesare not properly closed and are sprung apart by the bulk of the contentsof the bag.

We provide adjacent to each end of one of the bag frame members a, achambered metal cap b, secured to the bag frame by means of a pair ofintegral tongues c inserted through apertures in the bag frame member aand clenched over as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 6. The chambered cap bas illustrated, is provided upon one side with a rectangular notch d,for the reception of the hook or clip e, such hook or clip being bent asshown in Fig. 3'and secured to the opposite hinged member f. The forwardend. of the hook or clip a is provided with a rectangular notch g asclearly shown in Fig. 2. The cap and the hook e are made right and leftsand so located upon the respective bag frame members aand frespectively, that the hook member will register with the notch d, withthe notch g entirely within the chambered cap. Slidably secured withinthe chambered the upper face of the chambered cap I), and-riveted orotherwise secured to the locking member h. In this manner, the member hmay be reciprocated by means of the head Z, so as to bring the notch iof the member h in registry with the notch d of the chambered cap forthe reception of the hook e, as illustrated in the left hand portion ofFig. 2. When the hook e is in position, the member k may be movedlongitudinally into the position illustrated in the righthand end ofFig. 2, with the edge of the notchi engaging the notch g of the hook e.

In orderto prevent accidental displacement of the channel locking memberh, We provide a flat spring n with bent ends 0 and central indentationor projection p, said spring at being located within the chambered cappiece I) and lying in the channel of the member h, in such position thatthe indentation p will lie in the path of the projection 70. The rangeof movement of the locking member h is sulficient to carry theprojection 70 to one side or the other of the projection or indentationp of the spring against the elasticity thereof. In this manner, theaccidental shifting of the locking member h is prevented.

Ordinarily, we provide the forward end of the hook 6 with an inclined orrounded face so that should the locking member h be in locking positionas illustrated at the right hand end of Fig. 2, the hook 6 may besnapped into place by pressing the two parts together.

In order to use the bag lock as a handle clip, we may provide anaperture q through the head 1 into which are secured the rings 1' forattachment to the bag handle 8 as shown. It will be noted in thisconnection, that when the bag is carried by the handle, the weight ofthe bag will cause a strain upon the two heads I and thus draw themtogether. This action of drawing the heads together will insure theengagement of the edge of the notch i of the locking member h with thenotch g of the hook e and thus insure the parts against accidentalunlocking. In some cases, however, we may provide the cap I) with anintegral struck-up projection b (Fig. 1), through which an apertureextends for the reception of the ring 7'. In this case, the head 1/ isutilized only as a means for reciprocating the lock member 71. We mayalso provide a stud t as illustrated in Fig. 5, tor the attachment ofthe ring r, in which case, the operation of the lock is identically asdisclosed in connection with Fig. i.

As a still further means for securing the handle ring 1* to the lock, wemay provide the cap I) with an integral tongue b at one end, said tonguebeing of sutlicient length to bend into the form illustrated in Fig. (5,the end thereof extending through an aperture in the irame a andclenched over upon the inside, leaving a loop 0i suificient size for thereception of the ring r.

In each of the modifications, it will be noted that we have provided acombined cap and bag lock. (e use the term handle cap broadly tosignii'y a means [or securing the end oi the handle to the bag irame,such term being of general significance in the art.

While we have shown the combined handle caps and bag looks as applied toframe generally rectangular in form, We do not wish to be understood asconfining its use to frames of that form, as the lock is equallyapplicable to frames oi irregular shape and may be applied with equalfacility to what are known as overlapping frames, such as illustrated inFig. 11, or the abutting frames, that is, where the edges oi the framesabut each other, rather than close one within the other.

I claim.

1. In a bag lock, the combination of a chambered cap having; alongitudinal slot in its upper wall and a rectangular notch in itsforward wall, a sliding locking member within said cap, a stud rigidlysecured to said locking member and projecting through said slot andmeans for securing a bag handle to said cap.

2. In a bag lock, a chambered rap having a longitudinal slot in itsupper wall and a rectangular notch in its [on l l l l l l l l l wardwall. :1 channel shaped sliding locking member within said (tap. meansfor sliding said locking member extend in; through said slot and meanstor securing :1 bag handle to said cap.

1;. In :1 bag lock. the combination of a chambered cup secured to :1 bagframe member. :1 channeled locking mom her slidably secured within saidcap :1nd :1 sprim: located within the channel of said locking member andadapted to bear upon said locking member to retain it in either lockedor unlocked position.

l. in :1 bag lock. the combination oi :1 chambered cup. means forsecuring: :1 ha handle therel :1 slidin: l cking member within said cap.:1 stud secured to said locking member and projecting through :1 slot inthe top of said cap and :1 pring within snidcapt'orrcl:1ini.1:rs-1idlot-kin: member in either locked or unlocked po ition.

3. ln :1 bag loch. thc combination ot' :1 chninbcred cap. means 1 1'securing snid cap to :1 l'rame. :1 liding locking member within saidcap. :1 spring within aid cap to retain said lockingmember in eitherlock d or unloched position. :1 stud projecting through :1 slot in aidcap and secured to said lochiilL'. member and means i'oi securing :1 baghandle to snid stud.

ti. ln :1 bag: lock. the combination o :1 ha;- frame 4" m prising: a p:r of hinged members. :1 chambered cap secured to one o1 said members. asliding inching mnznber within said cap. said locking meznbcr baring :1l'it'lilll! clement thereon. :1 lochin' clip rigidly secured to the othr i'rzinn" member for 01 uncut with said locking clc:noni :1 stud tosaid slidin locking member and piwjecliul throng-h :1 slot. in said cupand :1 hi! handle pi\'oi:ill secured to said stud.

T. in :1 lrckin mechanism for hand bags. the combiuat ion of a pair othinged bae't'ramemembers.:1pairoi'chamhcrcd caps securel to one of saidframe members. -1 s iding loclc in: member within each 111' saidc:1ps.:1 pair ot' l chin: clips secured to the other i'ran'e 1 embers dcment with said slidinr; loclt .1: members r .-1lltll\ *l :1 ha; handlel1:1\'i|1 its ends piiotally secured to said Sillllll." locking members,wherein- :1 strain upon said handle will more said lot-kin uu-mhers intolocked position respectivel or hold them in such positirn.

'lhis specification signed and witnessed this iflth 1l:1 el' l ecemberinod secured

